Day Five......Ellsworth to Bar Harbor, ME 40 miles (last Day of riding)
Here we will enjoy the views of Bar Harbor and the Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island’s largest community, was New England’s premier summer resort in the 19th century. It was home to the largest hotel in North America and to Millionaires’ Row, a line of spectacular summer estates built for America’s most powerful families—Rockefeller, Ford, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor and Morgan, to name a few. Bar Harbor continues to draw visitors by the thousands, but the area’s brilliant fall foliage has stretched the season well into October. Some of the mansions now operate as inns. Visitors can arrive from Nova Scotia in two and a half hours on the high-speed ferry, and U.S. Airways/Colgan Air services the local airport.
This will be our lastnight of the GBC and it will for sure be memorable!
Here we will enjoy the views of Bar Harbor and the Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island’s largest community, was New England’s premier summer resort in the 19th century. It was home to the largest hotel in North America and to Millionaires’ Row, a line of spectacular summer estates built for America’s most powerful families—Rockefeller, Ford, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor and Morgan, to name a few. Bar Harbor continues to draw visitors by the thousands, but the area’s brilliant fall foliage has stretched the season well into October. Some of the mansions now operate as inns. Visitors can arrive from Nova Scotia in two and a half hours on the high-speed ferry, and U.S. Airways/Colgan Air services the local airport.
Bar Harbor is adjacent to Acadia National Park, home to 1,532-foot Mount Cadillac. Its summit is the first spot in the United States where the sunrise can be seen. Acadia’s stunning mountains, lakes, and sea cliffs can be viewed from a number of vantage points—an auto loop, carriage roads closed to car traffic, and 125 miles of trails exclusively for hiking. The Bar Harbor area possesses a great selection of family activities, including a family nature camp, an oceanarium, a zoo, and a lumberjack show. The recently expanded Abbe Museum showcases the Wabenaki Indians, some of Maine’s earliest residents. Visitors can also indulge in rock climbing, sailing, paddling, brewery tours, boat excursions, and golf. For shoppers, Bar Harbor features a number of top-notch boutiques, many of which showcase the works of Maine artists and sculptors .
This will be our lastnight of the GBC and it will for sure be memorable!
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